More Tubes Are Out!

I am headed back to Oklahoma, but I wanted to let everyone know how Lyric is doing! They took out two more draining tubes from her tummy, and the tube on her neck. They took the catheter out, and Lyric handled it all like a pro. Summer is doing great, and we have received the BEST care from any hospital I have ever been in. they may be moving Lyric up to recover, and out of ICU, sometime in the next 24 hours!! Her feeding tube is back in, which means she is eating through that and not through the IV anymore, which is all great progress! I will update as I hear from Summer and Travis! Keep up the prayers because God is working all over!
Randi

Also Summer got to briefly hold Lyric while she lifted her up to change the bed sheets! It was a beautiful precious moment to get to witness!

Ventilator is out!!!

Lyric is officially off of the ventilator, and breathing on her own!!! They removed that this afternoon and Lyric handled it great and is doing well. At every turn we have seen the hand of God working through the amazing staff here at the hospital. They say tomorrow, Lyric should get one of her drainage tubes out and possibly additional tubes removed. Summer was able to give her her first sponge bath, but still cannot hold her. I was planning on posting some pictures but ended up staying here in the ICU room with Summer and cannot get them to upload. Lyric is looking great, and handling all of this like a little trooper!! We have no doubt that it is due to God working and all the praying! God is good and we are blessed to get to serve Him!
Thanks

Post Surgery Update

Lyric is doing great post surgery. Last night they had to put her on a pace maker, due to having to up her sedatives, she kept trying to fight them off (she is a little fighter). The next big step will be taking her off the ventilator, which should be sometime in the next 24 hours. Summer and Travis stayed in the ICU room with her last night and i will try to update after I see her today. Thanks for all the love and prayers!
Randi

LYRIC IS OUT OF SURGERY!!!

LYRIC IS OUT OF SURGERY!!!! PRAISE GOD!!! Summer and Trav got to see her for only about 60 seconds while they moved her from the Operating Room to the ICU room she will be staying in. Everything went awesome! Once the surgeon got in there they found another small hole and they were able to fix that as well. The surgeon said that she has done a million of these surgeries for VSD and this is the largest hole she has ever seen, most of the holes are about the size of a fingernail, but Lyric's was the size from the top of the fingernail to the first joint, there was virtually no wall at all. The tissue that they were worried about, that may cause another surgery, looks great and the surgeon said she was very pleased about how it looked. They were able to close the chest up which is a big blessing. She she will be intubated until Monday, which means they will not be able to hold her until the tubes are out.
Thank you for the prayers! God is amazing and we are waiting to see little Lyric again!!

My heart feels overwhelmed with gratitude towards God! I will update later tonight.
Thanks,
Randi

Lyric is now on bypass and they began the first repair about 30 minutes ago. They are about an hour behind schedule because they had a few problems getting all her lines in, but they said she is doing well. Thank you again for the prayers.

Surgery Has Started

They took Lyric back this morning around 8:00, and then they called at 9:45 saying the incision was just made and the surgery is underway. The next 40 minutes should be reconstructing the archway, then on to patch the hole. We should be getting a call every hour so we know how it is going. Keep praying!

A Few Changes Before Surgery...

Well we are all in Dallas and Summer, Travis and Lyric survived the day of pre-surgery meetings, tests, paperwork, questions and instructions. They started early this morning and did not get checked into the Ronald McDonald House (which was a huge blessing) until about 7:30 tonight. This afternoon they found out that Lyric, on top of the VSD, that she has a hypoplastic aortic arch (this is a narrowing of the major artery from the heart to the body (the aorta). The narrowing decreases the blood flow to the body and makes the heart pump harder against the smaller than normal opening, so they will have to reconstruct that as another part of the surgery. This will be more extensive and will prolong their stay in ICU after, and their stay in the Ronald Mcdonald House. The flap of tissue that was found about a month ago, they will not be working on tomorrow because it is too thin to be sutured, so they are going to keep monitoring that, but it could mean another possible surgery later on down the road, only God knows what that looks like.
Summer is tired, but is holding up well. they are supposed to check-in at 5:30 a.m. and will be able to stay with Lyric through prep time which will take about an hour. During the surgery we will be receiving a call every hour to know how it is going, the surgery will be about six hours long (minimum).
I am sure that I forgot some details but I want everyone to be updated and more importantly praying!
Thanks, Randi

Another huge praise is that Ella is doing great and her surgery went well, Jon and Amy are in the room across from Summer and Trav, even in this I have no doubt that God's hand was in the timing of Jon and Amy being there, because I know Amy has been a huge comfort and blessing to my little sister, by holding her hand and answering all of Summer's questions and concerns. Thanks Amy for letting your life and walk with God through this time be a comfort to Summer!

Lyric worn out after a full day, she handled it like the trooper she is & the staff fell in love with her!